Tobacco-saver.



oAccq SAVER. APPLICATION FILED OCTJJ, 1915? Patented Jan@ 2,1917.

. New Jersey,

' may or aosELLE, New annsn'r.

WICKES WASHBUBN,

TOBACCQ-SVEB.

eerdere.

Specilicetion of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. 2, 11.91"?.

Application med october 7, 1915. Serial No. 54,671.

To all whom t may Concern:

Be it known that l, Wlonns Wasi-munir, a citizen of the United States,residing at Roselle, in the county of Union, State of have invented acertain new and useful improvement in Tobacco-Savers, of whichimprovement the following is a specication.

This invention relates to devices adapted to be attached to a bag forfeeding tobacco or similar substances thererom, and tor closing the bagwhen not in use.

With the ordinary tobacco bag having strings adapted to be drawntogether to close the same, when tobacco is being emptied or shakentherefrom into a pipe or a paper for the purpose of making a cigarette,a considerable amount of the. tobacco is usually spilled and wasted, andthe object of my invention is to provide a feed tube device and closurewhich may the ordinarytobacco bag, conveniently operated to delivertobacco from the bag into a cigarette paper or pipe Without spilling,and then be instantly closed when desired.

ln the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical section of a deviceembodying my improvement, and showing the same applied to a bag; Fig. 2,a side elevation; and, Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken on the lines3-3 of Fig. 1.

According to the preferred form of the improvement as shown in thedrawing, the construction comprises a short outer tube, 3, having aflange, a, at its lower end over which the mouth of the bag may befastened in any convenient manner, and a longer inner tube, 5,telescoping within the `outer tube, and mounted to have longitudinal androtatable movements therein. rIhe outer end of the inner tube, 5, isprovided with a closing cap, 6, and lateral openings, 7, which be drawnout beyond the end of the outer tube when it is desired to open the feedtube for the discharge of a certain amount of the tobacco. en the innertube is pushed inward, the cap, 6, engages the outer Aand be easily andend of the outer tube, preventing further inward movement, andeffectually closing the discharge. opening from the tube, as shown inFig. 2.

The lower end of the inner tube is provided with one or more laterallyextending or curved blades or projections, 8, which are adapted, uponrotation of the innertube, to

be readily attached tothe tobacco or other substance and allow the sameto freely enter the inner tube. These projections also limit the outwardmovement of the inner tube to the desired point at which the lateralports are fully open. The fiange, 4, at the inner end of the outer tubeserves also to hold the bag away from the rotatable blades, therebypreventing the blades from catching the sides of the bag, and alsoavoids tearing or injury thereto.

As a convenient means bag upon the outer tube above i, l have shown aclamping ring, 9, mounted to turn and slide upon the outer tube, andhaving notches for passing the lugs, 10, rigidly secured upon the outertube near the flange fi. The mouth of the bag may then be pu led overthe flange of the outer tube and the clamping ring, 9, then slipped downpast the'lugs and turned to clamp the bag between said ring and the saidange or plate. The 'clamping ring may obviously be threaded upon theouter tube, if preferred.

When it is desired to take out a certain amount of tobacco for filling acigarette paper or pipe, the inner tube is pulled out by means of thecap, to open the lateral openings, and at the same time may be'turned toloosen up the particles of tobacco within the bag. As the bag is thenangle, the tobacco flows freely through the inner tube, and isdischarged through one of the lateral openings at the outer end directlyto the point desired. After a suiiicient quantity is discharged, thetube maybe instantly closed by pushing in the inner tube, and allspilling and waste of the tobacco is thereby avoided.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination of an outer tube having a flange at its lower end,means for detachably securing a bag thereto over said flange, an innertube rotatably mounted within the outer tube and having lateraldischarge openings, stirring means secured to said inner tube below saidliange, and a cap closing the outer end of said tube.

2. rlhe combination of an outer tube having a flange at its lowerend,means for detachably securing a bag thereto over said ange, an innertube mounted to rotate an reciprocate within said outer tube and havinglateral discharge openings at its outer loosen up for fastening the theflange, A

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end, stirring blades extendin laterally from y reciprocate'within saidouter'tube'aild hav- 10 the end of the inner tube Ybe ow said dan e, inlateral discharge' openings at its outer and a cap secured to the' outerend oft e en stirring means secured to the lowei` end inner tube andseating against the end of the of the inner tube below said flange, anda.

5 outer tube in closed posltion. l cap for closing the outer end of thetubes. l3. The combination of an outer tube hav- WICKES WASHBURN. ing aflange at its lower end, means forv de- Witnesses: tachably securing abag thereto over said W. F. NELSON ange, an inner tube mounted to rotateand WILLIAM W. rmnns.

